Appendix I: Technology Facilitator Standards, Performance Indicators and Performance Tasks and Examples of Campus- or District- Supervised Internship Activities



Lamar University – M.Ed. in Educational Technology Leadership

Technology Standards and Examples of Campus- or District- Supervised Internship Activities

Technology Facilitator Standards

I.

**Technology Operations and Concepts**
II.
**Planning and Designing Learning Environments and Experiences**
III.
**Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum**
IV.
**Assessment and Evaluation**
V.
**Productivity and Professional Practice**
VI.
**Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues**
VII.
Procedures, Policies, Planning, and Budgeting for Technology Environments
VIII.
**Leadership and Vision**

Standard I. Technology Operations and Concepts (textbook page 25)

Technology Facilitation Performance Standard
(TF-1) Educational Technology Facilitators demonstrate an in-depth understanding of technology operations and concepts
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-I.A) Demonstrate knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts related to technology (as described in the ISTE NETS*T).
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-I.A.1) Assist teachers in the ongoing development of knowledge, skills, and understanding of technology systems, resources, and services that are aligned with district and state technology plans.
(TF-I.A.2) Provide assistance to teachers in identifying technology systems, resources, and services to meet specific learning needs.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-I.B) Demonstrate continual growth in technology knowledge and skills to stay abreast of current and emerging technologies.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-1.B.3) Model appropriate strategies essential to continued growth and development of the understanding of technology operations and concepts.
Standard II. Planning and Designing Learning Environments and Experiences (textbook page 44-45)
Technology Facilitation Performance Standard

(TF-II) Educational Technology Facilitators plan, design, and model effective learning environments and multiple experiences supported by technology.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-II.A) Design developmentally appropriate learning opportunities that apply technology-enhances instructional strategies to support diverse needs of learners.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-II.A.1) Provide resources and feedback to teachers as they create developmentally appropriate curriculum units that use technology.
(TF-II.A.2) Consult with teachers as they design methods and strategies for teaching computer/technology concepts and skills within the context of classroom learning.
(TF-II.A.3) Assist teachers as they use technology resources and strategies to support the diverse needs of learners including adaptive and assistive technology.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-II.B) Apply current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environments and experiences.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-II.B.1) Assist teachers as they apply current research on teaching and learning with technology when planning learning environments and experiences.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-II.C) Identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accuracy and suitability.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-II.C.1) Assist teachers as they identify and locate technology resources and evaluate them for accurate and suitability based on district and state standards.
(TF-II.C.2) Model technology integration using resources that reflect content standards.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-II.D) Plan for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-II.D.1) Provide teachers with options for the management of technology resources within the context of learning activities.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-II.E) Plan strategies to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-II.E.1) Provide teachers with a variety of strategies to use to manage student learning in a technology-enhanced environment and support them as they implement the strategies.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-II.F) Identify and apply instructional design principles associated with the development of technology resources.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-II.F.1) Assist teachers as they identify ad apply instructional design principles associated with the development of technology resources.
Standard III. Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum (textbook page 67-68)
Technology Facilitation Performance Standard
(TF-III) Educational Technology Facilitators apply and implement curriculum plans that include methods and strategies for utilizing technology to maximize student learning.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-III.A) Facilitate technology-enhanced experiences that address content standards and student technology standards.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-III.A.1) Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of technology productivity tools (refer to NETS for Students).
(TF-III.A.2) Use and apply major research findings related to the use of technology in education to support the integration of communication tools through the curriculum (refer to NETS for Students).
(TF-III.A.3) Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of research tools (refer to NETS for Students).
(TF-III.A.4) Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support integration of problem-solving/decision-making tools (refer to NETS for Students).
(TF-III.A.5) Use methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support use of media-based tools such as television, audio, print, media, and graphics (refer to NETS for Students).
(TF-III.A.6) Use and describe methods and strategies for teaching concepts and skills that support use of distance learning systems appropriate in a school environment ( refer to NETS for Students).
(TF-III.A.7) Use methods for teaching concepts and skills that support use of Web-based authoring tools in a school environment (refer to NETS for Students).
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-III.B) Use technology to support learner-centered strategies that address the diverse needs of students.
(TF-III.B.1) Use methods and strategies for integrating technology resources that support the needs of diverse learners, including adaptive and assistive technology.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-III.C) Apply technology to demonstrate students’ higher-order skills and creativity.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-III.C.1) Use methods and strategies for teaching problem-solving skills using technology resources.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-III.D) Manage student learning activities in a technology-enhances environment.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-III.D.1) Use methods and classroom management strategies for teaching technology concepts and skills in individual, small group, classroom, and/or lab settings.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-III.E) Use current research and district/region/state/national content standards to build lessons and units of instruction.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-III.E.1) Describe and identify curricular methods and strategies that are aligned with district/region/state/national content and technology standards.
(TF-III.E.2) Use major and research findings and trends related to the use of technology in education to support integration throughout the curriculum.
Standard IV. Assessment and Evaluation (textbook page 90)
Technology Facilitation Performance Standard
(TF-IV) Educational technology facilitators apply technology to facilitate a variety of effective assessment and evaluation strategies
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-IV.A) Apply technology in assessing student learning of subject matter using a variety of assessment techniques.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-IV.A.1) Model the use of technology tools to assess student learning of subject matter using a variety of assessment techniques.
(TF-IV. A.2) Assist teachers in using technology to improve learning and instruction through the evaluation and assessment of artifacts and data.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-IV.B) Use technology resources to collect and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and maximize student learning.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-IV.B.1) Guide teachers as they use technology resources to collect and analyze data, interpretresults, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and maximize student learning.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-IV.C) Apply multiple methods of evaluation to determine students’ appropriate use of technology resources for learning, communication, and productivity.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-IV.C.1) Assist teachers in using recommended evaluation strategies for improving students’ use of technology resources for learning, communication, and productivity.
(TF-IV.C.2) Examine and apply the results of a research project that includes evaluating the use of a specific technology in a PK-12 environment.
Standard V. Productivity and Professional Practice (textbook page 112-113)
Technology Facilitation Performance Standard
(TF-V) Educational technology facilitators apply technology to enhance and improve personal productivity and professional practice.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-V.A) Use technology resources to engage in ongoing professional development and lifelong learning.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-V.A.1) Identify resources and participate in professional development activities and professional technology organizations to support ongoing professional growth related to technology.
(TF-V.A.2) Disseminate information on district-wide policies for the professional growth opportunities for staff, faculty, and administrators.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-V.B) Continually evaluate and reflect on professional practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-V.B.1) Continually evaluate and reflect on practice to make informed decisions regarding the use of technology in support of student learning.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-V.C) Apply technology to increase productivity.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-V.C.1) Model advanced features of word processing, desktop publishing, graphics programs, and utilties to develop professional products.
(TF-V.C.2) Assist others in locating, selecting, capturing, and integrating video and digital images, in varying formats for use in presentations, publications, and/or other products.
(TF-V.C.3) Demonstrate the use of specific-purpose electronic devices (such as graphing calculators, language translators, scientific probeware, or electronic thesaurus) in content areas.
(TF.V.C.4) Use a variety of distance learning systems and use at least one to support personal and professional development.
(TF-V.C.5) Use instructional design principles to develop hypermedia and multimedia products to support personal and professional development.
(TF-V.C.6) Select appropriate tools for communicating concepts, conducting research, and solving problems for an intended audience and purpose.
(TF-V.C.7) Use examples of emerging programming, authoring, or problem-solving environments that support personal and professional development.
(TF-V.C.8) Set and manipulate preferences, defaults, and other selectable features of productivity tools commonly found in PK-12 schools.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-V.D) Use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents, and the larger community in order to nurture student learning.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-V.D.1) Model the use of telecommunications tools and resources for information sharing, remote information access, and multimedia/hypermedia publishing in order to nurture student learning.
(TF-V.D.2) Communicate with colleagues and discuss current research to support instruction, using applications including electronic mail, online conferencing, and Web browsers.
(TF-V.D.3) Participate in online collaborative curricular projects and team activities to build bodies of knowledge around specific topics.
(TF-V.D.4) Design, develop, and maintain Web pages and sites that support communication between school and community.
Standard VI. Social, Ethical, Legal, and Human Issues (textbook page 136-137)
Technology Facilitation Performance Standard
(TF-VI) Educational technology facilitators understand the social, ethical, legal, and human issues surrounding the use of technology in PK-12 schools and assist teachers in applying that understanding in their practice.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VI.A) Model and teach legal and ethical practice related to technology use.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VI.A.1) Develop strategies and provide professional development at the school/classroom level for teaching social, ethical, and legal issues and responsible use of technology.
(TF-VI.A.2) Assist others is summarizing copyright laws related to use of images, music, video, and other digital resources in varying formats.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VI.B) Apply technology resources to enable and empower learners with divers backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VI.B.1) Assist teachers in selecting and applying appropriate technology resources to enable and empower learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.
(TF-VI.B.2) Identify, classify, and recommend adaptive/assistive hardware and software for students and teachers with special needs and assist in procurement and implementation.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VI.C) Identify and use technology resources that affirm diversity.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VI. C.1) Assist teachers in selecting and applying appropriate technology resources to affirm diversity and address cultural and language differences.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VI.D) Promote safe and healthy use of technology resources.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VI.D.1) Assist teachers in selecting and applying appropriate technology resources to promote safe and healthy use of technology.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VI.E) Facilitate equitable access to technology resources for all students.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VI.E.1) Recommend policies and implement school/classroom strategies for achieving equitable access to technology resources for all students and teachers.
Standard VII. Procedures, Policies, Planning, and Budgeting for Technology Environments (textbook page 165-166)
Technology Facilitation Performance Standard
(TF-VII) Educational technology facilitators promote the development and implementation of technology infrastructure, procedures, policies, plans, and budgets for PK-12 schools.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VII.A) Use the school technology facilities and resources to implement classroom instruction.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VII.A.1) Use plans to configure software/computer/technology systems and related peripherals in laboratory, classroom cluster, and other appropriate instructional arrangements.
(TF-VII.A.2) Use local mass storage devices and media to store and retrieve information and resources.
(TF-VII.A.3) Discuss issues related to selecting, installing, and maintaining wide area networks (WAN) for school districts.
(TF-VII.A.4) Model integration of software used in classroom and administrative settings including productivity tools, information access/telecommunication tools, multimedia/hypermedia tools, school management tools, evaluation/portfolio tools, and computer-based instruction.
(TF-VII.A.5) Utilize methods of installation, maintenance, inventory, and management of software libraries.
(TF-VII.A.6) Use and apply strategies for troubleshooting and maintaining various hardware/software configurations found in school settings.
(TF-VII.A.7) Use network software packages to operate a computer network system.
(TF-VII.A.8) Work with technology support personnel to maximize the use of technology resources by administrators, teachers, and students to improve student learning.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VII.B) Follow procedures and guidelines used in planning and purchasing technology resources.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VII.B.1) Identify instructional software to support and enhance the school curriculum and develop recommendations for purchase.
(TF-VII.B.2) Discuss and apply guidelines for budget planning and management procedures related to educational computing and technology facilities and resources.
(TF-VII.B.3) Discuss and apply procedures related to troubleshooting and preventive maintenance of technology infrastructure.
(TF-VII.B.4) Apply current information involving facilities planning issues and computer-related technologies.
(TF-VII.B.5) Suggest policies and procedures concerning staging, scheduling, and security for managing computers/technology in a variety of school/laboratory/classroom settings.
(TF-VII.B.6) Use distance and online learning facilities.
(TF-VII.B.7) Describe and identify recommended specifications for purchasing technology systems in school settings.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VII.C) Participate in professional development opportunities related to management of school facilities, technology resources, and purchases.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VII. C.1) Support technology professional development at the building/school level utilizing adult learning theory.
Standard VIII. Leadership and Vision (textbook page 190-191)
Technology Facilitation Performance Standard
(TF-VIII) Educational technology facilitators will contribute to the shared vision for campus integration of technology and foster an environment and culture conducive to the realization of the vision.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VIII.A) Identify and apply educational and technology related research, the psychology of learning, and instructional design principles in guiding the use of computers and technology in education.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VIII.A.1) Discuss and evaluate current research in educational technology.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VIII.B) Apply strategies for and knowledge of issues related to managing the change process in schools.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VIII.B.1) Discuss the history of technology use in schools.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VIII.C) Apply effective group process skills.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VIII.C.1) Discuss the rational for forming school partnerships to support technology integration and examine an existing partnership within a school setting.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VIII.D) Lead in the development and evaluation of district technology planning and implementation.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VIII.D.1) Participate in cooperative group processes that were effective.
(TF-VIII.D.2) Conduct an evaluation of a school technology environment.
(TF-VIII.D.3) Identify and discuss national, state, and local standards for integrating technology in the school environment.
(TF-VIII.D.4) Describe curriculum activities or performances that meet national, state, and local technology standards.
(TF-VIII.D.5) Discuss issues related to developing a school technology plan.
(TF-VIII.D.6) Discuss the elements of and strategies for developing a technology strategic plan.
(TF-VIII.D.7) Examine issues related to hardware and software acquisition and management.
Technology Facilitation Performance Indicator
(TF-VIII.E) Engage in supervised field-based experiences with accomplished technology facilitators and/or directors.
Technology Facilitation Performance Tasks
(TF-VIII.E.1) Examine components needed for effective field-based experiences in instructional program development, professional development, facility and resource management, WAN/LAN/wireless systems, or managing change related to technology use in school-based settings.